Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg

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Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis

Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis

Tenure

24 August 1828 – 14 May 1835

Born

(1803-03-06)6 March 1803
Ansbach, Kingdom of Prussia

Died

14 May 1835(1835-05-14) (aged 32)
Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria

Burial

Gruftkapelle, Saint Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg

Spouse

Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Issue

Prince Karl Wilhelm
Princess Therese Mathilde
Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Prince Egon
Prince Theodor

Names
German: Wilhelmine Caroline Christiane Henriette

House

Dörnberg

Father

Ernst, Baron von Dörnberg

Mother

Baroness Wilhelmine von Glauburg

Baroness Wilhelmine Caroline Christiane Henriette of Dörnberg, (German: Wilhelmine Caroline Christiane Henriette, Reichsfreiin von Dörnberg; 6 March 1803 – 14 May 1835) was a member of the House of Dörnberg and a Baroness of Dörnberg by birth. Through her marriage to Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Wilhelmine was also a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis. Wilhelmine was known to her family and friends as "Mimi."

Early life

Wilhelmine was the daughter of the former Prussian Vice President and Director of the royal chamber of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Baron Ernst Heinrich Konrad Friedrich von Dörnberg (1769-1828) and his wife Baroness Wilhelmine Sophie Henriette Maximiliane von Glauburg (1775-1835). She had two elder siblings, a brother, Count Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg (1801-1878) and one sister, Countess Sophie von Pückler-Limpurg (1795-1854).

Marriage and issue

Wilhelmine married Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, fourth child of Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on 24 August 1828 in Regensburg. Wilhelmine and Maximilian Karl had five children:

Prince Karl Wilhelm of Thurn and Taxis (14 April 1829 – 21 July 1829)
Princess Therese Mathilde of Thurn and Taxis (31 August 1830 – 10 September 1883) ⚭ Duke Carl Alfred August Konstantin von Beaufort-Spontin
Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis (28 September 1831 – 26 June 1867) ⚭ Duchess Helene in Bavaria
Prince Egon of Thurn and Taxis (17 November 1832 – 8 February 1892) ⚭ Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyorok
Prince Theodor of Thurn and Taxis (9 February 1834 – 1 March 1876) ⚭ Baroness Melanie von Seckendorff

Wilhelmine's family, the House of Dörnberg, was a Protestant Hessian noble family and was not, according to the laws of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis Family Act of 1776, equal in rank to her husband's family. Despite the fierce resistance to the union from the members of the princely house, especially from Maximilian Karl's mother Therese, the two married.^[1]

Wilhelmine's brother, Baron Ernst Friedrich von Dörnberg (1801-1878), became chief of the Thurn and Taxis administration and was elevated to the title of Graf von Dörnberg (Count of Dörnberg) in Vienna on February 21, 1865.

Illness and death

In 1834, Wilhelmine fell ill on a hard drive to Castle Chraustowitz, one of the many estates that Thurn and Taxis family possessed in Bohemia. At the beginning of 1835, she went to Nuremberg to receive a homeopathic treatment with Dr. Reuter. Wilhelmine was hopeful that the treatments would restore her quality of life. However, she died on 14 May 1835.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg

8. Johann Caspar, Baron of Dörnberg

4. Pandolphus Ferdinand, Baron of Dörnberg

9. Baroness Sophie Charlotte of Heyden

2. Ernst, Baron of Dörnberg

10. Carl Ludwig von Löwenstein

5. Caroline Dorothea von Löwenstein

11. Dorothea Catharine von Baumbach

1. Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg

12. Hieronymus Maximilian von Glauburg

6. Friedrich Maximilian, Baron von Glauburg

13. Marie Charlotte von Lersner

3. Baroness Wilhelmine Henriette Maximiliane von Glauburg

14. Carl Friedrich von Geismar

7. Wilhelmine Auguste Caroline von Geismar

15. Johannette Henriette Gayling von Altheim

References

^ Schulz, Günther; Denzel, Markus A. (2004). Deutscher Adel im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert: Büdinger Forschungen zur Sozialgeschichte 2002 und 2003 (in German). Winkel, St.Katharinen. ISBN 978-3-89590-145-4.

Martin Dallmeier, Martha Schad: Das Fürstliche Haus Thurn und Taxis. Friedrich Pustet Verlag Regensburg 1996.

German nobility
Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg House of Dörnberg Born: 6 March 1803 Died: 14 May 1835
Preceded by Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis 24 August 1828 – 14 May 1835	Succeeded by Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg